Thommy Wise, the irrepressible theater and dining critic at the Rocky Mountain News from 1997-2000, offers his thoughts on Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Love Never Dies,” the long-awaited sequel to “The Phantom of the Opera” that has opened at London’s Adelphi Theatre:

BY THOM WISE:
Ten years later, and a continent away, The Phantom returns … with all the glorious voices and head-scratchers that only a genius such as Andrew Lloyd Webber could muster.

“Love Never Dies” continues the story that no one really thought needed continuing, that of Christine Daaé, played deliciously by Denverite Sierra Boggess.